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Germ Line p53 Mutations in a Familial Syndrome of Breast Cancer, Sarcomas, and Other Neoplasms

Malkin, David, Li, Frederick P., Strong, Louise C., Fraumeni, Joseph F., Nelson, Camille E., Kim, David H., Kassel, Jayne, Gryka, Magdalena A. +3 more·1990·Science

Abstract

Familial cancer syndromes have helped to define the role of tumor suppressor genes in the development of cancer. The dominantly inherited Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is of particular interest because of the diversity of childhood and adult tumors that occur in affected individuals. The rarity and high mortality of LFS precluded formal linkage analysis. The alternative approach was to select the most plausible candidate gene. The tumor suppressor gene, p53, was studied because of previous indications that this gene is inactivated in the sporadic (nonfamilial) forms of most cancers that are associated with LFS. Germ line p53 mutations have been detected in all five LFS families analyzed. These mutations do not produce amounts of mutant p53 protein expected to exert a trans-dominant loss of function effect on wild-type p53 protein. The frequency of germ line p53 mutations can now be examined in additional families with LFS, and in other cancer patients and families with clinical features that might be attributed to the mutation.

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  • Germline TP53 mutations produce a somewhat different tissue distribution of cancers than sporadic TP53-mutant cancers.

    “In the case of the classical tumor suppressor gene TP53, germline mutations result in a somewhat different tissue distribution of cancers than sporadic TP53-mutant cancers in patients who lack germline mutations (7).”

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Malkin, D., Li, F. P., Strong, L. C., Fraumeni, J. F., Nelson, C. E., Kim, D. H., Kassel, J., Gryka, M. A., Bischoff, F. Z., Tainsky, M. A., & Friend, S. H.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
Venue
Science
Published
1990-11-30
Volume
250
Issue
4985
Pages
1233-1238
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2005542290
Cited by
3,765
References
34
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FWCI
76.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Public Health Service (34936)
  • National Cancer Institute (5-T32-CA09299, T32CA009299)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › BRCA gene mutations in cancer
Keywords
Li-Fraumeni syndrome, p53, germline mutations, tumor suppressor, hereditary cancer, sarcoma, breast cancer, childhood tumors, candidate genes
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Base Sequence, Breast Neoplasms, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17, Cloning, Molecular, Codon, DNA, Genetic Testing, Germ Cells, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary, Pedigree, Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, Sarcoma, Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Genes, p53, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53

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